Author Archives: Megan Gilliland

About Megan Gilliland

Megan Gilliland is the Communications Manager for the City of Lawrence, KS. She can be reached at mgilliland@lawrenceks.org.

A lot of talk about recycling

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes There is a lot of “trash” talk in Lawrence lately. The Solid Waste Task Force has been working for months to develop ideas for the future of Solid Waste services in Lawrence.  Their recommendations … Continue reading

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Project: Sticky Note complete

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes The city’s Solid Waste division just completed Project: Sticky Note.  What could that be?  Well, this Thanksgiving, Solid Waste crews be enjoying the holiday with their families on Thanksgiving Day (November 24) and the … Continue reading

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Change5 to help Lawrence win the Take Charge Challenge!

Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes Have you changed 5? With only 9 days left in the Take Charge Challenge, Lawrence is lagging behind Manhattan and we have just a few days left to change the outcome to beat Manhattan (and … Continue reading

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Transparency in government

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes At the City of Lawrence, we take transparency and accountability seriously.  Numerous steps have been taken in the past several years to provide citizens access to documents, records and information that is used to … Continue reading

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Pothole reporting: private vs. public roads

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes As I was out running errands today, I hit a pothole. Not enough to cause damage, but enough to make me grumble and hope that alignment I just got is still effective. As much … Continue reading

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To fight potholes, we need your help

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes Mother Nature is at it again! Just when it looks like the snow on the ground was going to melt, the forecast calls for another round of snow mid-week and cold temperatures.  These ups-and-downs in … Continue reading

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A minor change to our e-mail addresses

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes Yesterday, the City successfully completed a migration of our city e-mail addresses to use the domain @lawrenceks.org instead of the more cumbersome @ci.lawrence.ks.us.  We made this change because, for the past three years, our … Continue reading

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